# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第七十二条 (Article 72) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-72. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 災害対策基本法 (Basic Act on Disaster Management), 昭和三十六年法律第二百二十三号 - English title "Basic Act on Disaster Management": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第七十二条 (Article 72)（都道府県知事の指示等） — address `art-72` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-72 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-72 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十二条（都道府県知事の指示等） — (Governor's Orders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-72 **第一項** 都道府県知事は、当該都道府県の区域内の市町村の実施する応急措置が的確かつ円滑に行なわれるようにするため特に必要があると認めるときは、市町村長に対し、応急措置の実施について必要な指示をし、又は他の市町村長を応援すべきことを指示することができる。 art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-72/par-1 When a prefectural governor finds it particularly necessary for ensuring accurate and smooth implementation of emergency measures at the municipal level within the area of a prefecture, the governor may give necessary instructions with respect to the implementation of emergency measures to the mayor of a municipality, or give instructions for support to mayors of other municipalities. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 都道府県知事は、当該都道府県の区域内の市町村の実施する災害応急対策（応急措置を除く。以下この項において同じ。）が的確かつ円滑に行われるようにするため特に必要があると認めるときは、市町村長に対し、災害応急対策の実施を求め、又は他の市町村長を応援することを求めることができる。 art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-72/par-2 When a prefectural governor finds it particularly necessary for ensuring accurate and smooth implementation of emergency disaster control measures (emergency measures are excluded; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) at the municipal level within the area of a prefecture, the governor may ask the mayor of a municipality to implement emergency disaster control measures or to support mayors of other municipalities. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定による都道府県知事の指示又は要求に係る応援に従事する者は、災害応急対策の実施については、当該応援を受ける市町村長の指揮の下に行動するものとする。 art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-72/par-3 Those who render the support concerning instructions or requests from the prefectural governor under the preceding two paragraphs are to act under the direction of the mayor of a municipality receiving the support insofar as the implementation of emergency disaster control measures is concerned. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-72/par-2: この項 → 災害対策基本法 第七十二条第二項 (Article 72, paragraph (2)), art-72/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-72/par-2 - art-72/par-3: 前二項 → 災害対策基本法 第七十二条第一項 (Article 72, paragraph (1)), art-72/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-72/par-1 - art-72/par-3: 前二項 → 災害対策基本法 第七十二条第二項 (Article 72, paragraph (2)), art-72/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-72/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第七十二条第二項（都道府県知事の指示等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-72/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 第七十二条第三項（都道府県知事の指示等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-72/par-3 - 災害対策基本法 第七十四条の二第一項（都道府県知事による応援の要求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74-2/par-1 - 災害対策基本法 第七十四条の三第一項（内閣総理大臣による応援の要求等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74-3/par-1 - 災害対策基本法 第九十三条第一項（市町村が実施する応急措置に要する経費の都道府県の負担） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-93/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-93/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 災害対策基本法 — the text in force from 2026-11-02 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/336AC0000000223/20261102_508AC0000000062), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Basic Act on Disaster Management — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - This site's parser, version 221 — 災害対策基本法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02